Test Automation Engineer

Test Automation Engineer - SC Cleared

£300 per day - Outside IR35

6-month contract with scope to extend

Central London - 3x days a week

We're seeking a Test Automation Engineer to automate testing for data pipelines, ETL processes and cloud platforms, ensuring data quality and reliability.

Clearance: Active SC Clearance is highly desirable. Otherwise, candidates must be eligible and willing to obtain it.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop automated tests using Python and pytest, supporting BDD (Behave) and TDD in Agile teams.
• Validate and reconcile data, managing test data for ETL and data warehouse testing.
• Build reusable automation frameworks and embed shift-left testing with developers and architects.
• Test AWS, Azure and event-streaming solutions using technologies such as Kafka.
• Contribute to code reviews, CI/CD, testing standards and knowledge sharing.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Test automation experience in data, ETL or data warehousing environments.
• Strong data validation skills, SQL proficiency and relational database experience, such as Oracle.
• Hands-on Python and pytest, plus BDD (Behave) and/or TDD experience.
• Understanding of ETL, data warehousing and tools such as PySpark.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure, and familiarity with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, version control and modern engineering practices.
• Experience building or enhancing automation frameworks.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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